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4434Multimodal Storytelling in a K12 classroomhttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1238150
LESSON PLAN TITLE &ndash; Inanimate Alice: using multimodal storytelling in the K12 classroom. DISCIPLINE / TOPIC &ndash; Multimodality: Digital Storytelling.TARGET POPULATION &not;&not;&ndash;Academic Level: -- Graduate students, pre-service teachers. Lesson Groupings: -- Small groups, classified by subject matter. Maintain 50/50 ration of domestic/international students in breakout groups. CURRICULUM LINKS &ndash; This lesson links past courses regarding new media literacies and digital literacies to specific content areas. It is intended to stretch learner understanding of multimodality. Application of constructed narrative to non-traditional content areas will be expected. Future modules will address pedagogy and connections to practice.Could storytelling have a place in a science or math classroom? This lesson is designed to get learners consider applications of digital storytelling as a tool.OBJECTIVES &ndash; &bull;&nbsp;Understand new digital tools.&bull;&nbsp;Apply constructed narrative to spaces beyond an ELA classroom. &bull;&nbsp;Consider the affordances and limitations of digital storytelling in specific content areas.MATERIALS &ndash; Laptop or PC with Flash enabled and bowser up to date. Minimum 1 device per group.TIME &ndash; 60 mins.SCOPE &amp; SEQUENCE &ndash; 1.&nbsp;Break into pre-determined groups. 2.&nbsp;Review the first installment of the Inanimate Alice story (appx 5 mins). 3.&nbsp;Note what stands out to you about this format (5mins).4.&nbsp;Discuss multimodal aspects of this story (10 mins). 5.&nbsp;Brainstorm how digital storytelling might be used in your content area (10min). 6.&nbsp;Storyboard what this might look like (10 min). Remember, this does not need to be a full-fledged story, only a sketch of what it might look like in your own classrooms. Draw your storyboard on a whiteboard/Warner paper/google doc.7.&nbsp;Share your group&rsquo;s storyboard with the class (20 mins).GUIDING QUESTIONS:&bull;&nbsp;What affordances might digital storytelling give to your content area?&bull;&nbsp;What limitations might you encounter, specific to your own classroom?SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS &ndash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; whiteboard, colored markers, google doc.Mon, 10 Oct 2016 21:58:38 -0700The Many Faces of Censorshiphttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1158022
This activityaddresses several aspects of censorship for learners to explore and compare.Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:51:28 -0700Developing a Good Research Questionhttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1157860
This exercise helps one develop a good research question.Thu, 28 Apr 2016 04:33:02 -0700Subject-specific or universal censorship?https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1152255
Do censorship practices differ by subject or format? Students analyze readings as a basis for their stances.Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:58:05 -0700Analyzing Infographicshttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1152029
This learning activity helps students analyze infographics, and apply their findings to generate their own infographic.Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:18:15 -0700Rhetorical Trianglehttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1129426
Logos, Ethos, PathosTue, 23 Feb 2016 02:06:05 -0800Dual coding culturehttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1077306
What can you gather about a culture from its imagery? How does text add meaning to visuals? This learning activity explores the meaning found in Japanese woodprints.Sun, 8 Nov 2015 22:20:46 -0800Citizen Journalismhttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1064852
Today's journalism efforts are expanding through crowdsourcing. THis activity explains citizen journalism, crowdsourcing, and asks students to critique a crowdsourcing entry. Students discuss citizen journalism issues.Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:18:10 -0700Information Cycle Flowcharthttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1063492
Over 100,000 books are published yearly, and that's just in the United States. It is amazing how much digital information is generated every minute. Ideas are "free" and ubiquitous; how are those ideas expressed and recorded? One way to look at information is in terms of its cycle: from its creation to its dissemination, access, and use. Information can also be considered in terms of its "life" from the time that an event occurs to its recording and impact. Technology intersects at several points. In this learning activity, students trace a piece of information from its inception to its end.Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:44:59 -0700Goldberg Variations: Index of Learning Moduleshttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=1058358
Main index page for the 12 modules of the Goldberg Variations. &nbsp;This is best completed in three weeks,&nbsp;at the rate for four modules per week.Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:15:27 -0700